Patents by Inventor Martin Paul Toms

Martin Paul Toms has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patient movement detection
    Patent number: 6036660
    Abstract: For monitoring body movements of a patient on a support, particularly to ascertain risk of bed sores, at least one fluid filled cell is inserted between the patient and a support on which the patient is lying. There is a detector of fluctuations in the state of the fluid in the cell caused by body movements of the patient, providing an output dependent on the fluctuations. This output is analysed by discriminating between fluctuations which are indicative of major body movements and fluctuations which are indicative of minor body movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Pegasus Egerton Limited
    Inventor: Martin Paul Toms